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| Criterion |  Agile ROAM Board |  Team Design Team API |  Architecture ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method) |  Facilitation Expectation Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When work needs to move between different states or columns, it makes that movement and its handoffs legible. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a ROAM Board and an Owner List. | When expectations between teams stay fuzzy, it describes how a team can be reached, used, and held accountable. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Team API document. | ATAM helps teams weigh architecture decisions when quality goals compete. The team considers business goals, stakeholder expectations, and technical decisions together. The evaluation shows which risks need further investigation. | When roles, interfaces, or projects fail because of differing expectations, Expectation Mapping surfaces these differences. It shows what each side takes for granted and where the pictures diverge. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 20-40 min initial, dann laufend | Half day initial, dann laufend | Several meetings plus preparation and analysis; total effort depends on scope | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-15 | Ein Team plus Stakeholder | Evaluation team, architects, and relevant stakeholders | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | ROAM Board, Owner List | Team API Document | Prioritized quality scenarios in a utility tree, Architecture risks with reasoning and assumptions, Sensitivity and trade-off points, Findings report with open investigations | Expectation Map, Alignment Notes, Agreements |
Tagsno overlap | RiskAgileTrackingAlignment | TeamAlignmentCommunicationService | ArchitectureQualityRiskTradeoffsStakeholders | AlignmentStakeholdersTeam |